Wikipedia:File upload wizard
Thank you for offering to contribute an image or other media file for use on Wikipedia. This wizard will guide you through a questionnaire prompting you for the appropriate copyright and sourcing information for each file. Please ensure you understand copyright and the image use policy before proceeding.
Uploads to Wikimedia Commons
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Uploads locally to the English Wikipedia; must comply with the non-free content criteria
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Sorry, in order to upload files on the English Wikipedia, you need to have a confirmed account. Normally, your account will become confirmed automatically once you have made 10 edits and four days have passed since you created it.
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Important note: if you don't want to wait until you are autoconfirmed, you may ask somebody else to upload a file for you at Wikipedia:Files for upload.
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Step 1: Choose your file
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Step 2: Describe your file
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Sorry, a few special characters and character combinations cannot be used in the filename for technical reasons. This goes especially for # < > [ ] | : { } / and
The filename you chose seems to be very short, or overly generic. Please don't use:
- Titles that consist only of very generic descriptive words (e.g. "Sunset.jpg", "Townhall.jpg")
- Titles that consist only of a person's first or last name, when that name is likely to be shared by many others (e.g. "John.jpg", "Miller.jpg")
- Titles that consist of mere numbers, of the kind often produced by digital cameras ("DSC_001234", "IMGP0345"), or random strings like those sometimes found on the web ("30996951316264l.jpg")
File:Example.jpg.
Last uploaded by Example user.]]
A file of this name already exists on Commons!
If you upload your file with this name, you will be masking the existing file and make it inaccessible. Your new file will be displayed everywhere the existing file was previously used.
This should not be done, except in very rare exceptional cases.
Please don't upload your file under this name, unless you seriously know what you are doing. Choose a different name for your new file instead.
If you want to replace the existing file with an uncontroversial, improved version of the same work, please go to Commons and upload it there, not here on the English Wikipedia's local wiki.
A file of this name already exists.
If you upload your file with this name, you will be overwriting the existing file. Your new file will be displayed everywhere the existing file was previously used. Please don't do this, unless you have a good reason to:
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|No, I don't want to overwrite the existing file. I will choose a different name for my new file instead. |
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|Yes, I want to overwrite the existing file. My file is merely a new, improved and uncontentious version of the same work. The old description page, including the source and copyright information, will still be correct for the new version and can remain the same. |
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|Yes, I want to overwrite the existing file, and I will use this wizard to add a new description and new source information for it. The previous version was my own, or else I have made sure the previous uploader(s) don't object to this replacement. |
colspan="2"|Please provide a brief description of the contents of this file. This will be stored and displayed as part of the file description page. It is important that other editors are able to understand what this file is about. |
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Step 3: Provide source and copyright information
It is very important that you read through the following options and questions, and provide all required information truthfully and carefully.
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|This is a free work. Thank you for offering to upload a free work. Wikipedia loves free files. However, we would love it even more if you uploaded them on our sister project, Wikimedia Commons. Files uploaded on Commons can be used immediately here on Wikipedia as well as on all its sister projects. Uploading files on Commons works just the same as here. Your Wikipedia account will automatically work on Commons too. File:Gtk-dialog-info.svg Please consider uploading your file on Commons. However, if you prefer to do it here instead, you may go ahead with this form. You can also first use this form to collect the information about your file and then send it to Commons from here. {| |
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|This file is entirely my own work. Please note that by "entirely self-made" we really mean just that. Do not use this section for any of the following:
Editors who falsely declare such items as their "own work" will be blocked from editing. {| |
colspan="2"|Please describe how and when you created this item. |
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|(e.g.: Where and on what kind of occasion did you take this photo? How did you make this diagram? etc.) |
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Publication:
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colspan="2"|It is important that you place this work under a free license, which will allow everybody else to use it for any purpose, including both commercial and non-commercial purposes, and to modify it. This license will be irrevocable. |
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|This file was given to me by its owner.
The copyright owner of this file has given it to me for uploading on Wikipedia. I can provide evidence that they have agreed to release it under a free license, for free use by anybody and for any purpose.
colspan="2"|Please describe who owns this work and how you got it from them. |
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colspan="2"|The copyright owner has chosen the following license: |
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|The license statement can be found online at: |
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|The license agreement has been forwarded to Wikimedia's volunteer response team at "permissions-en@wikimedia.org". |
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|The license hasn't yet been forwarded, but I will do so shortly or ask the owner to send it. |
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|I haven't got the evidence right now, but I will provide some if requested to do so. |
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|This file is from a free published source.
I took it from a website or other published source, where its author has explicitly placed it under a free license, allowing free re-use by anybody.
Use this only if there is an explicit licensing statement in the source.
The website must explicitly say that the image is released under a license that allows free re-use for any purpose, e.g. the Creative Commons Attribution license. You must be able to point exactly to where it says this.
If the source website doesn't say so explicitly, please do not upload the file.
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colspan="2"|The copyright owner has chosen the following license for this file: |
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|This work is so old its copyright has expired
This is an old photograph, or a photographic reproduction of an old painting, drawing, etc. I can provide enough information about its author and provenance to prove that it is old enough for its copyright to have expired. It is now legally in the Public Domain.
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|It was created and first published before {{Not-PD-US-expired-min-year}} and is therefore in the Public Domain in the US. |
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|It was first published outside the US, and it was in the Public Domain in its country of origin by the "URAA date". |
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|It was first published in the US before 1989, and its copyright expired because it was published without a copyright notice and/or without the necessary copyright registration. |
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|Its copyright expired for some other reason. [Please explain below]. |
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Please provide any evidence necessary to verify the public domain status.
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|This file is in the Public Domain for some other reason.
I can demonstrate that this work is legally in the Public Domain, i.e. nobody owns any copyrights on it. This may be for a variety of reasons, for instance because it was created by the US Federal Government, or because it is too simple to attract any copyright.
Public Domain means that nobody owns any copyrights on this work. It does not mean simply that it is freely viewable somewhere on the web or that it has been widely used by others.
This is not for images you simply found somewhere on the web. Most images on the web are under copyright and belong to somebody, even if you believe the owner won't care about that copyright. If it is in the public domain, you must be able to point to an actual law that makes it so. If you can't point to such a law but merely found this image somewhere, then please do not upload it.
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|It was created by an agency of the US Federal Government. |
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|It is an official governmental item, such as a flag, state emblem, banknote or postage stamp, from a country where such items are exempt from copyright according to local law. |
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|It is too simple to be eligible for copyright. |
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|It is in the Public Domain for some other reason. |
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|This is a copyrighted, non-free work, but I believe it is Fair Use.
I have read the Wikipedia rules on Non-Free Content, and I am prepared to explain how the use of this file will meet the criteria set out there.
File:Gtk-dialog-info.svg Please remember that you will need to demonstrate that:
- The file will serve an important function in a particular article; (NFCC8)
- It cannot be replaced by any other, free illustration that might yet be created; (NFCC1)
- Its use does not negatively affect the commercial interests of its owner (NFCC2)
- There will not be more non-free material used than necessary. (NFCC3)
This file will be used in the following article:
Enter the name of exactly one Wikipedia article, without the
It has to be an actual article, not a talkpage, template, user page, etc.
If you plan to use the file in more than one article, please name only one of them here. Then, after uploading, open the image description page for editing and add your separate explanations for each additional article manually.
File:Gtk-ok.svg Example – article okay.
File:Gtk-dialog-warning.svg This article doesn't exist!
The article Example could not be found.
Please check the spelling, and make sure you enter the name of an existing article in which you will include this file.
If this is an article you are only planning to write, please write it first and upload the file afterwards.
File:Gtk-dialog-warning.svg This is not an actual encyclopedia article!
The page Example is not in the main article namespace. Non-free files can only be used in mainspace article pages, not on a user page, talk page, template, etc.
Please upload this file only if it is going to be used in an actual article.
If this page is an article draft in your user space, we're sorry, but we must ask you to wait until the page is ready and has been moved into mainspace, and only upload the file after that.
File:Gtk-dialog-warning.svg This is a disambiguation page!
The page Example is not a real article, but a disambiguation page pointing to a number of other pages.
Please check and enter the exact title of the actual target article you meant.
colspan="2"|Non-free use rationale |
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|This image is the object of discussion in an article. {| |
colspan="2"|Which of these options describes this item best? |
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colspan="2"|Who created this work? |
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colspan="2"|Usage: |
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|The article as a whole is dedicated specifically to a discussion of this particular photograph/painting. (It is not just about the person or thing shown in the picture.) |
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|There is a substantial amount of encyclopedic discussion of this particular photograph/painting (not just about the person or thing shown in it) in this article. The illustration is specifically needed to support the following point: If neither of these two statements applies, then please do not upload this image. This section is not for images used merely to illustrate an article about a person or thing, showing what that person or thing look like. |
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|This is a depiction of a copyrighted three-dimensional work or building, which is the object of discussion in an article.
This is a photograph or other kind of depiction of a copyrighted, three-dimensional creative work, such as a statue or work of architecture. The article contains a discussion of that work which requires illustration. The photograph as such is free, or was provided by the creator of the sculpture.
colspan="2"|Which of these options describes this item best? |
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colspan="2"|First describe who created the original work depicted: |
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|The article as a whole is dedicated specifically to this work. |
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|There is a substantial amount of encyclopedic discussion of this work in this article. The illustration is specifically needed to support the following point: |
colspan="2"|Now describe who created the image: |
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colspan="2"|Image status |
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|The image was created and published by the same author who also holds the rights to the original object, and no alternative depiction could be suitably created. |
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|The author of the image has released the photographic work under a free license, or it is in the public domain: |
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|This is an excerpt from a copyrighted work.
This is an excerpt from a copyrighted work, e.g. a screenshot from a movie or TV programme, a panel from a comic, or a sound sample from a song. Its presence is needed to support a piece of explicit critical discussion in an article related to that work or its creator(s).
colspan="2"|Which of these options describes this item best? |
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colspan="2"|Please explain what exactly in the article it is that you want to illustrate with this. |
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colspan="2"|If necessary, please explain why this purpose cannot be achieved through text alone. |
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|This is the official cover art of a work.
This is the cover or dustjacket of a book, the cover of a CD or video, the official release poster of a movie, or a comparable item. It will be included as that work's primary means of visual identification, at the top of the article about the book, movie, etc. in question.
Note: If you plan to use it for any other purpose than this, please tick the box for "other non-free work" below.
colspan="2"|Which of these options describes this item best? |
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colspan="2"|This image will be shown as a primary means of visual identification at the top of the article dedicated to the work in question. A standard fair use rationale will be added that matches this type of use. If you plan to use the file for any purpose other than this, please do not use this section, but the one labelled "other type of non-free work" below. |
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|This is a logo of an organization, company, brand, etc.
This is an official logo of an entity that is the subject of a Wikipedia article. It will be included as that entity's primary means of visual identification, at the top of the article in question.
Note: If you plan to use it for any other purpose than this, please tick the box for "other non-free work" below.
colspan="2"|Which of these options describes this item best? |
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td colspan="2"|This image will be shown as a primary means of visual identification at the top of the article dedicated to the entity in question. A standard fair use rationale will be added that matches this type of use. If you plan to use the file for any purpose other than this, please do not use this section, but the one labelled "other type of non-free work" below. |
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|This is a historical portrait of a person no longer alive.
This is a historical photograph or other depiction of a person who is no longer alive. It will be used as the primary means of visual identification of that person in the article about them.
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colspan="2"|This image will be shown as a primary means of visual identification at the top of the article dedicated to the person in question. A standard fair use rationale will be added that matches this type of use. If you plan to use the file for any purpose other than this, please do not use this section, but the one labelled "other type of non-free work" below. |
colspan="2"|Please explain why a free alternative to this image cannot be found. |
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colspan="2"|Please explain why you are confident that our use of the file will not harm any commercial opportunities of its owner. |
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|This is some other kind of non-free work that I believe is legitimate Fair Use.
This is a copyrighted work whose use does not fall into any of the classes above. I have read the Wikipedia rules on Non-free content, and I will explain how this file meets all of the criteria set out there.
colspan="2"|Which of these options describes this item best? |
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colspan="2"|Please explain what exact purpose this file will serve in the article. |
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colspan="2"|Please explain why this purpose could not be served by text alone. |
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colspan="2"|Please explain why this purpose could not be served with an alternative, free illustration that could yet be found or created. |
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colspan="2"|Please explain why you are confident that our use of the file will not harm any commercial opportunities of its owner. |
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colspan="2"|Remember that the use of non-free files must be minimal. This can mean several things:
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In view of this, please explain how the use of this file will be minimal. |
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colspan="2"|Special source and license conditions (optional) |
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colspan="2"|Any further relevant information about this file? |
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|Yes, I want this file to be immediately available in all Wikimedia projects, in all languages. I will upload it on the Wikimedia Commons. |
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